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EP0747885
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| EP0747885 - Thin-film transducer for undershoot reduction [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 04.10.2002 Database last updated on 08.10.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 04.01.2008 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IT | published on 06.02.2008 [2008/06] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Seagate Technology LLC 920 Disc Drive Scotts Valley, CA 95066 / US | [2000/43] |
| Former [1997/06] | For all designated states SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 920 Disc Drive Scotts Valley, California 95066-4544 / US | ||
| Former [1996/50] | For all designated states SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 920 Disc Drive Scotts Valley, California 95066 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Slade, Steven B. 3956 Xylon Avenue North New Hope, Minnesota 55427 / US | 02 /
Curland, Nathan 4707 Cedarwood Road St. Louise Park, Minnesota 55416 / US | 03 /
Zak, Brian S. 6897 Rolling Acres Road Excelsior, Minnesota 55331 / US | [1996/50] | Representative(s) | Kenyon, Sarah Elizabeth, et al Miller Sturt Kenyon 9 John Street London WC1N 2ES / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1997/41] | Kenyon, Sarah Elizabeth, et al Orchard Kenyon & Co. Staple Inn Buildings North High Holborn London WC1V 7PZ / GB | ||
| Former [1996/50] | Sturt, Clifford Mark, et al J. MILLER & CO. 34 Bedford Row, Holborn London WC1R 4JH / GB | Application number, filing date | 96304111.6 | 05.06.1996 | [1996/50] | Priority number, date | US19950481090 | 07.06.1995 Original published format: US 481090 | [1996/50] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0747885 | Date: | 11.12.1996 | Language: | EN | [1996/50] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0747885 | Date: | 28.11.2001 | Language: | EN | [2001/48] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 06.08.1996 | Classification | IPC: | G11B5/31 | [1996/50] | CPC: |
G11B5/3116 (EP,US);
G11B5/62 (KR);
G11B5/3163 (EP,US);
G11B5/3106 (EP,US);
Y10T29/49046 (EP,US);
Y10T29/49052 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB, IT [1996/50] | Title | German: | Dünnfilmübertrager zur Unterschwingungsreduktion | [1996/50] | English: | Thin-film transducer for undershoot reduction | [1996/50] | French: | Transducteur à couche mince pour rèduction des sous oscillation | [2001/06] |
| Former [1996/50] | Transducteur à couche mince pour réduction à sous oscillation | Examination procedure | 02.05.1997 | Examination requested [1997/27] | 25.01.2001 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 31.05.2001 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 06.08.2001 | Fee for grant paid | 06.08.2001 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 29.08.2002 | No opposition filed within time limit [2002/47] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 29.05.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 20.05.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 22.05.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 02.07.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 06 |
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| Former [2006/14] | FR | 28.11.2001 | Documents cited: | Search | [A]JPS5880119 ; | [A]EP0146410 (VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN [JP]) [A] 1,2,4,5 * page 9, line 32 - page 10, line 30 * * page 14, line 13 - line 19 * * page 14, line 29 - page 15, line 1 * * figures 6,9 *; | [A]FR2687497 (COMMISSARIAT ENERGIE ATOMIQUE [FR], et al) [A] 1,2,10 * page 2, line 19 - page 3, line 21 * * page 5, line 31 - page 7, line 30 * * figure 5; claim 1 *; | [A]JPS59213012 ; | [A]JPH01133211 ; | [A]EP0437147 (DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP [US]); | [XP]US5452166 (AYLWIN PEDRO A [US], et al) [XP] 1-4 * column 3, line 22 - column 4, line 5 * * column 4, line 24 - line 39 * * column 8, line 57 - column 10, line 39 * | [A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19830804), vol. 007, no. 176, Database accession no. (P - 214), & JP58080119 A 19830514 (HITACHI SEISAKUSHO KK) [A] 1-5 * abstract * | [A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19850412), vol. 009, no. 083, Database accession no. (P - 348), & JP59213012 A 19841201 (MITSUBISHI DENKI KK) [A] 1,2 * abstract * | [A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19890824), vol. 013, no. 382, Database accession no. (P - 923), & JP01133211 A 19890525 (HITACHI LTD) [A] * abstract * |